Dennis Chinnery

Born: 1927-05-14

Dennis Chinnery was a British actor, noted for his performances in television. Following National service in the navy, he studied acting at RADA, graduating in 1949. His theatre work included appearances at the Old Vic. His TV credits include: Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, The Saint, The Avengers, The Prisoner, The Champions, Public Eye, Special Branch, Oh, Brother!, The Laughter of a Fool, Thriller and Survivors. He also appeared in three Doctor Who serials - The Chase, Genesis of the Daleks and The Twin Dilemma. The character Dr Chinnery in The League of Gentlemen was named after him. He was born at Romford, Essex, to Arthur F Chinnery and his wife Dorothy (née Mills). Chinnery was also an artist and painter.


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The Plague of the Zombies

as Constable Christian
Released: 1966-01-09

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting...

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The Naked Civil Servant

as Business Man
Released: 1975-12-17

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life...

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Crossplot

as First Reporter
Released: 1969-11-25

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots,...

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Rogue Male

as Tube Passenger
Released: 1976-09-22

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot...

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Bullseye!

as Vault Guard
Released: 1990-11-02

Spies force two British con men to pose as look-alike scientists peddling cheap-energy fusion.

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The Body Stealers

as Control Officer
Released: 1969-03-21

A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two...

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Percy

as Newsreader
Released: 1971-02-18

Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer....

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Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

as Gharman
Released: 1975-04-12

The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure...

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The Embezzler

as Bank Clerk
Released: 1954-07-01

Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.

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Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

as Sylvest
Released: 1984-03-30

A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends...

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The Crazy Kill

as Sergeant
Released: 1975-02-25

A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his...

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Doctor Who: The Chase

as Albert C Richardson
Released: 1965-06-26

The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert...

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Escape by Night

as Reporter
Released: 1953-12-01

An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking...

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Delayed Action

as Bank cashier
Released: 1954-07-01

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into...

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Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

as Someone
Released: 1978-01-18

Behind the façade of form-filling at the Department of Something-or-Other, careers fall and rise...

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Hour of Decision

as Studio Photographer
Released: 1957-04-30

A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper...

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'That Crazy Woman'

as Counsel
Released: 1980-02-21

In 1960, at the age of 56, Dr. Barbara Moore became a national hero by walking from John...

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All the Way Up

as Makepeace's Chauffeur
Released: 1970-06-01

Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he...

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The Saint

as Carson
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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Doctor Who

as Sylvest
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Doctor Who

as Gharman
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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The Avengers

as Dobson
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Public Eye

as Creeley
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Crown Court

as Inspector Mortlock
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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The Champions

as Bridges
First aired: 1968-09-25

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...

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Lady Killers

as Albert Burton
First aired: 1980-07-20

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which...

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The Prisoner

as Gunther
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Hancock's Half Hour

as First Officer
First aired: 1956-07-06

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Morey
First aired: 1971-09-20

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Markstein
First aired: 1983-09-05

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...

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Manhunt

as Ramaud
First aired: 1970-01-02

Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend...

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